Episode Guide

The following is the master list of the exactly 300 half-hour episodes produced of The Red Green Show, organized by season.

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Season 1 (1991-1992)

 * When The Red Green Show debuted on January 4, 1991, it was filmed at CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario during the first two seasons, which had aired Steve Smith's previous shows Smith & Smith (1979-1985), Me & Max (1985-1986), and The Comedy Mill (1986-1990). It was the first season to have Red and Harold's red and beige plaid shirts, which stayed until season 3.
 * The show's recurring segments include: Red's Teen Talk, Red's Campfire Songs, Handyman Corner, Adventures With Bill, Male Call, Conversations With Harold, Harold's Segments, and Red's Visits with Possum Lodge Members.
 * This is the only season of the show to feature Jack the Hermit.
 * The first season's opening credits consisted of a painting of Possum Lake and various scenes after introducing the characters, after that, several gunshot holes appear, and the last gunshot hole shatters the screen outward.
 * Version 2 of the season 1 opening credits looks similar to season 2, and showing extra scenes from it.
 * Red Green and Harold Green wore red suspenders, with a patch reading the show's title, and a picture of the possum with green and red colors can be seen on their plaid shirts, and his voice was softer, like he did on Smith & Smith (1979-1985). His beard was black with whitish gray spots, and their khaki pants were darker.
 * This is the only season where Harold walks over to Red as the camera zooms away from them, while the credits were shown onscreen, such as a spinning effect, and staying onscreen. Only in this season, Red addressed his wife to the camera that he will be coming straight home, and then, the camera zooms away from him, and Harold walks over. The Lodge Meeting was not seen until season 2, and ran until the end of the series.
 * This is the first season where Harold Green introduced Red at the start of every episode after the camera pans through the main lobby at Possum Lodge. This continued until season 3.

Season 2 (1992-1993)

 * The show's format was changed to a traditional sitcom. This is the last season to air on CHCH-TV.
 * Steve Smith became producer starting with this season.
 * The opening credits were changed to show extra scenes after introducing the characters, after that, animation of a bird flying at sunset appears, which is accompanied by various gunshot sounds. It looks similar to later episodes of season 1.
 * In this season only, the Lodge Meeting took place before the closing credits.
 * Male Call was dropped after this season, due to being replaced by The Experts the next season.
 * This is the last season where Red Green and Harold Green wore red suspenders, and where Red's voice was softer.
 * A new segment called In The Lodge was introduced in this season, and featuring Bill Smith. For this season only, the main plot segments took place at night.
 * The Lodge Meeting became a regular feature at the end of each episode. In addition to that, Red began addressing his wife to the viewers that he'll be coming straight home after the meeting, and heads down to the lodge basement, where the lodge meeting took place.

Season 3 (1993-1994)

 * At the beginning of this season, The Red Green Show moved to CFPL-TV, and YTV across Canada for this season only.
 * Hearst Entertainment, the syndication subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation, began syndicating The Red Green Show in the United States around this time, being picked up by mostly PBS affiliates, but also a handful of independent stations and Fox affiliates.
 * Beginning with this season, the Lodge Meeting began taking place during the closing credits, rather than taking place before the closing credits. The segment graphics were redesigned in this season, which made the show more Canadian friendly atmosphere.
 * Red Green's voiceover was added to the opening credits by showing previews after introducing the characters, replacing scenes that were shown in the first two seasons.
 * The closing credits were shown in Mistral font starting with this season.
 * This is the only season in which the 1991 S&S Productions logo appeared in widescreen, with the title graphics bordering it. This is the last season to feature Harold's Segments, which had been in use since season 1.
 * This is the first season of the show to feature Buzz Sherwood. This is also the last season where Red and Bill appeared in the Adventures With Bill segments, which had been in use since season 1.
 * This is also the first season to be taped before a live studio audience.
 * This season marked the debut of The Experts, which replaced Male Call in the first two seasons. However, The Experts will remain in use as a recurring segment until the end of the series.
 * This is the last season to have Red and Harold's red and beige plaid shirts, it had been in use since season 1.
 * This is the last season where Red and Harold wore red suspenders during the Red's Campfire Songs segment, most likely due to these segments being shot during the first two seasons. This was also the final season where Red wore red suspenders when Handyman Corner segments took place outdoors, rather than indoors.
 * This is also the last season in which the camera pans through Possum Lodge before arriving at the main lobby, where Harold Green is heard introducing the show before introducing Red. It had been in use since season 1.
 * Red's voice became louder, and the suspenders gained a red and green color scheme.

Season 4 (1994-1995)

 * At the beginning of this season, The Red Green Show moved back to CHCH-TV, where the show was filmed during the first two seasons, and it was picked up by Global, where the show's titling got revamped as The New Red Green Show. This title remained in use until The Winter Carnival.
 * In this season only, the episode title and the closing credits were shown in italic Gill Sans font. Harold began appearing in Adventures With Bill segments starting with this season, rather than Red and Bill in the first three seasons. The segment graphics were redesigned in this season, which makes the audience more Canadian friendly atmosphere.
 * Only in this season, the camera already appeared in the main lobby of Possum Lodge, where Harold introduced Red.
 * Only in this season, each episode began with Red standing in front of a pier early in the morning, holding a fishing rod. On later episodes of this season, he is seen standing outside in the field. Red Green said "It's not smart or correct, but it's the thing that makes us what we are".
 * This season marked the debut of recurring segments, such as Midlife, and Buddy System.
 * Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services advertisements were introduced in this season.
 * The opening credits were completely redesigned by ARCCA Animation. It begins with a shot of the city with the traffic light stopping at red. And then, it changes to green, with The New Red Green Show logo zooming forward, and crashing to reveal an animated flyover of Possum Lake before revealing the lodge, as we pass through the RV, and the motorboat, as we finally find its place to Possum Lodge, when The New Red Green Show logo stopped spinning before showing the previews, which is accompanied by Red's voiceover, as The New Red Green Show logo appeared onscreen, which continued until The Winter Carnival.
 * In the first half of this season, the RV, and the motorboat are sitting there, the animated flying birds are not there, and The New Red Green Show logo stayed onscreen. But in the second half of this season, we see an animated version of Red riding a motorboat, and animated flying birds were added, and The New Red Green Show logo started spinning, and the word "New" flashes onscreen. This version of the opening sequence remained in use until The Winter Carnival.
 * By the time in this season, Male Call came back to the show, where Harold begins by saying "It's Male Call", and ringing a bell loudly.
 * Winston Rothschild, Dalton Humphrey, and Mike Hamar were introduced as new lodge members in this season.
 * A saxophone was added to the theme song starting with this season.
 * Red and Harold's plaid shirts gained a new look starting with this season, gaining a red and blue color scheme.

Season 5 (1995-1996)

 * The 100th episode of The Red Green Show (Father and Son Banquet) airs.
 * Red Green's voice is loud still, and his beard is still mostly black, but became more of a whitish gray color.
 * Only in this season, each episode began with the message in Mistral font as sound effects are heard. This is the last season where Handyman Corner segments took place in a workshop, due to these segments taking place outdoors the next season.
 * A new segment called Harold's Handy Crafts and Talking Animals were introduced.
 * Beginning with this season, the Canwest Global System logo appeared onscreen after the closing credits, followed by the 1991 S&S Productions closing logo. This was only used in the United States.
 * Harold Green began announcing "It's The New Red Green Show" at the start of every episode before introducing Red Green. This version of Harold's opening announcement remained in use until Season 8.
 * The opening credits looked the same, as it was on later episodes of Season 4.

Season 6 (1996-1997)

 * This is the last season to air on Global, and to be produced at CHCH-TV, where the show had been produced since season 4.
 * This is the last season in which the closing credits were shown in Mistral font.
 * This is the last season of the show to feature Male Call, and Red and Harold's red and blue plaid shirts.
 * This is also the last season to use the Canwest Global System logo after the closing credits on American airings.
 * This is the last season to have the 1991 S&S Productions closing logo.
 * Starting with this season, Handyman Corner segments started taking place outdoors.

Season 7 (1997-1998)

 * At the beginning of this season, The Red Green Show moved to CBC Television, remaining this way until the end of the series.
 * Only in this season, each episode began with the text reading "The New Red Green Show is duct taped in front of a live audience" as duct tape sounds are heard. New segments were added in this season, such as If It Ain't Broke, You're Not Trying.
 * The credits have changed to a different font, which remained for the rest of the series.
 * They were no Male Call segments in this season, and the last season to have Red's Campfire Songs.
 * Several changes were made to accommodate the associated relocation of production to the Canadian Broadcasting Centre; most notably to Possum Lodge's interior wall paint, which became a lighter shade of brown; and Red and Harold's plaid shirts gained a new look, gaining a red, green, and black color scheme. Red's beard also gained a whitish gray color scheme starting with this season, which gave the audience a more Canadian friendly atmosphere. It was the last season to have Harold saying "It's The New Red Green Show" at the beginning of each episode, which had been done since season 5.
 * S&S Productions debuted a new closing logo beginning with this season. This remained in use until the end of the show's run.
 * On PBS airings, a still version of the logo was used.
 * This season was the first to contain less than 24 regular episodes.
 * This is the last season to use the title The New Red Green Show, to have the saxophone-driven theme song, and to have the ARCCA Animation-designed animated opening sequence, all of which had been used since the show was picked up by Global in 1994.

Season 8 (1998-1999)

 * The show's title was reverted back to its original title from the first three seasons, and retaining this title for the rest of its network run. Harold's opening spiel before introducing Red was consequently changed to "It's The Red Green Show".
 * Red and Harold's plaid shirts gained a new look starting with this season, and Harold goes to college.
 * Their khaki pants became lighter, and the last season where Harold appeared in the lodge.
 * Red's Campfire Songs were no longer used as a recurring segment, which had been done since the first season.
 * The opening sequence was dropped, so The Red Green Show logo began appearing onscreen, when the show went away and came back from commercial breaks, which is superimposed over a live-action scene.
 * The S&S Productions closing logo received a slight change beginning with this season, with the addition of the URL www.ssp.ca.

Season 9 (1999-2000)

 * Beginning with this season, Red Green began reminding the Possum Lodge members to bow their heads for the Man's Prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess". This remained until the series finale, when the Man's Prayer was revised to "I'm a man, but I changed, because I had to, Oh, well".
 * Ranger Gord's Educational Films made its debut in this season, which was renamed Ranger Gord's Wilderness Safety Tips in Season 13.
 * Beginning with this season, due to reduced screen time (see below), Harold no longer introduced Red at the beginning of each episode, as Red just now entered the lodge by waving to the audience, which is accompanied by an applause. Harold is no longer seen with a video effect machine, headphones, and wearing a plaid shirt, suspenders, and khaki pants, in every appearance from this season on, he began wearing colorful clothes, rather than his signature outfit in seasons 1-8.
 * Harold's screen time was reduced to a single segment, Harold at the Office, in this season, no longer appeared in many scenes in the lodge. Another regular, Bill Smith, left the show entirely for the next four seasons, with Walter and various other Possum Lodge members replacing him.
 * Starting with this season, several Possum Lodge members began hosting both The Experts and The Possum Lodge Word Game.

Season 10 (2000-2001)

 * This is the only season in which neither Harold Green, although his Little Harold form continued to appear on Ranger Gord's Educational Films, nor Hap Shaughnessy appear onscreen.
 * The 200th episode of The Red Green Show (Twinning) airs.
 * During this season, Red Green became an ambassador for 3M Canada, and Scotch duct tape.
 * Beginning with this season, dedicated end-of-commercial-break bumpers were created with The Red Green Show logo superimposed over an exterior shot of Possum Lodge as seen through a wooden fence. These bumpers were also used to bridge the first main plot segment and The Possum Lodge Word Game.
 * When the show went to commercial, the logo continued to be superimposed over the closing shot of a particular segment.

Season 11 (2001-2002)

 * Harold came back to the show in episode 211.
 * Red's khaki pants received slight changes.

Season 12 (2002-2003)

 * Red's plaid shirt became blue starting with this season, similar to the one that annoyed Harold in the Season 3 episode The New Shirt/Casino.

Season 13 (2003-2004)

 * Bill came back to the show in episode 246, sharing his Adventures With Bill segments with Walter for the next two seasons and with several other Possum Lodge throughout the rest of the show.
 * Ranger Gord left the show permanently after this season, in turn resulting in the discontinuation of the now-renamed Ranger Gord's Wilderness Safety Tips segments.

Season 14 (2004-2005)

 * Walter left the show permanently after this season.

Season 15 (2005-2006)

 * In the series finale Do As I Do, the Man's Prayer was revised to "I'm a man, but I changed, because I had to, Oh, well".
 * The 300th and final episode of The Red Green Show (Do As I Do) airs.
 * Production moved to Showline Studios due to a then-ongoing dispute-related Canadian Media Guild lockout imposed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's then-CEO Robert Rabinovitch that rendered the usual Canadian Broadcasting Centre studios unusable.

Retrospectives

 * The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008)